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4434IMC Professional Informational Interviewshttps://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=1200389
This assignment is designed to help students begin to understand the value of conducting informational interviews as a career and networking strategy. While the assignment is focused on an Integrated Marketing Communications course, it can be easily adapted for almost any profession.Mon, 25 Jul 2016 06:38:16 -0700Exploring Economic Inequality with Datahttps://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=1189732
This set of assignments exposes students to data which can be used to analyze economic inequality in international and historical context. Then students are asked to generate a thesis-driven argument drawing supporting evidence from one or more of the data sources.Mon, 18 Jul 2016 09:55:12 -0700Writing Precise Explanations of Graphic/Tabular Display of Economic Datahttps://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=1189730
This assignment asks for short, precise explanations of economic data displayed in graphs and tables.Mon, 18 Jul 2016 09:55:10 -0700Analyzing the Last Five Years of the US Economy for an Intermediate Macro Coursehttps://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=1189728
Intermediate students are asked to analyze data on the components of consumption and investment expenditures and explanatory variables based on textbook models of each. Students look for rough correlations between the explanatory and dependent variables.Mon, 18 Jul 2016 09:55:08 -0700Empirical Economics Research Proposalhttps://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=1189726
This assignment asks students to propose an original research question and identify data that could be used to answer that question.Mon, 18 Jul 2016 09:55:06 -0700Comparison of GDP and the Human Development Index (HDI).https://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=1189724
This assignment exposes students to data on economic growth and development as commonly measured by per capita GDP and the Human Development Index (HDI) for 100 countries of the world. There is a big debate about how good an indicator HDI is compared to GDP per capita as a measure of development.Mon, 18 Jul 2016 09:55:04 -0700Exploring Economic Inequality with Datahttps://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=1186476
This set of assignments exposes students to data which can be used to analyze economic inequality in international and historical context. Then students are asked to generate a thesis-driven argument drawing supporting evidence from one or more of the data sources.Mon, 11 Jul 2016 08:45:52 -0700Writing Precise Explanations of Graphic/Tabular Display of Economic Datahttps://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=1186474
This assignment asks for short, precise explanations of economic data displayed in graphs and tables.Mon, 11 Jul 2016 08:45:50 -0700Analyzing the Last Five Years of the US Economy for an Intermediate Macro Coursehttps://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=1186472
Intermediate students are asked to analyze data on the components of consumption and investment expenditures and explanatory variables based on textbook models of each. Students look for rough correlations between the explanatory and dependent variables.Mon, 11 Jul 2016 08:45:47 -0700Empirical Economics Research Proposalhttps://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=1186470
This assignment asks students to propose an original research question and identify data that could be used to answer that question.Mon, 11 Jul 2016 08:45:45 -0700